Remember Charlie Chan?
AUGUST 31, 2010 TUESDAY AT 3PM CT

 
 
Remember Charlie Chan, that grammatically challenged, Chinese-aphorism slinging detective who became an icon of American film? More than just a discarded racial stereotype, his new biographer says we can learn a lot about American attitudes toward China from Charlie Chan.

Guests
  • Yunte Huang, professor of English at Univeristy of California, author of Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and his Rendezvous with American History
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